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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

7 months

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

1 year

RIP little man, breeding is a heartbreaking game

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

5 years

I think Ryan Moore may be rather fond of Magic Wand!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

well well well what do we have here... David Campbell performing the national anthem at the 2010 Melbourne Cup.

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

1 year

why do animal activists feel that animals should do nothing? in the wild they work hard to survive... every being has to work, it is integral to existence. racehorses, like us, have a job. one they are so very well suited to... and enjoy. all jobs... all life... has risks.

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

easily my favourite scene in any movie ever

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

6 months

how good a job has my friend @AllisonSheehan done with this foal!!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

ALL HAIL THE KING SO YOU THINK!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

5 years

don't think I have ever had a photo re-tweeted as much as this one!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

4 years

how amazing is Antoniette Preston's Archibald entry - Paddy Payne Snr !

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

1 year

recently had a jockey ride for us who barely said a thing pre or post race - today @JyeMcNeil gave good pre and post race analysis and then said "thank you for the ride" no wonder he is so well respected

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

5 months

unofficially declaring this a day of mourning for the sport of racing not only a massive loss but such an undeserved ending for a gem of a mare

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

9 months

still one of my fave stud photos!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

4 years

a special thank you to Terry Bailey who has twice called Diode his "absolute lay of the day" - both times our good thing drifted out to bloody lovely odds and both times he has bolted in :)

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

5 years

on what planet does a person who thinks a horse who looks this good is being mistreated reside?

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

11 months

This moment

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

3 years

RIP MALDIVIAN

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

5 years

a heartfelt thank you to the many who have messaged us in the wake of the worst day we've had on a racetrack, and to those strangers on course who consoled me at a time when I was distraught and not thinking clearly, I didn't thank you then but I do now. RIP darling Marcia

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

my 10Y0 son is on the phone telling his mate how much horses love racing and explaining the reasons that the protestors at the Cup march had it all wrong #proudmummoment

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

Greens think Flemington should be a floodplain, in what alternate universe are they in where such a large amount of suburban acreage would be left empty? If there was no Flemington, the area would be 1000s more houses - flooded houses

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

1 year

why do we have to be told SO often that we are going to lose on the punt - we don't get told sugar is bad for you every single time chocolate is advertised!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

4 years

breeding is the very hardest of games. RIP little Louise, because of covid we never even got the joy of meeting you but we still shed tears for you.

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

1 year

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

how good is this bloke...

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

3 years

Aussie Rules' amazing coat

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

1 year

am sure I will cop a bagging for this but it's just my perspective... 1) As a child taken to the Melbourne Museum, I gazed up at the goliath that is the mighty Phar Lap. His deep chestnut coat, his size, his power and of course most of all, his story, intrigued me immediately.

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

nearly fell off my chair just seeing a 150K yearling being syndicated for 600K

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

wasn't Starcraft a magnificent beast...

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

8 months

we didn't know this day we were taking our last photos of the beautiful Red Cadeaux

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

4 years

bucket list - breed a stakes winner - tick a few years later, stakes winner is herself a mum, how does this feel? proud as punch!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

4 years

@MehreenFaruqi shall we compare how covid has spread via racing as opposed thru religious gatherings/schools/retirement homes? I'd rather be at the track.

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

3 months

lucky enough to have photographed him on and off the track, RIP legend

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

1 month

Kudos to the world's most miserable TAB facility.. they told us off for cheering our horse home.. after we'd finished cheering. Needless to say we spent our winnings elsewhere!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

5 years

Melbourne Cup to be run over 1200m at Rosehill for two-year-olds

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

4 years

a homebred city winner, it just doesn't get any better, shaking, crying, feeling really quite ill! 3 1/4 lens too - so bloody proud of you my beautiful boy Cutie aka Diode; we knew you were special from day one

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

4 years

the 2000 Caulfield Cup winner DIATRIBE, enjoying retirement at 24, still owned by the Thompson family

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

3 years

friend spied this mural being painted in South Melbourne

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

5 years

I see ABC gleefully sharing a post that a pub in Tassie refuses to show The Cup this year - I can't be the only one amused by the idea of pubs making moral stands when the very point of their existence is alcohol, something that can cause so much misery?

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

sorry, Vow And Declare is not a FORMER Melbourne Cup winner, he is a Melbourne Cup winner.

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

if horses could be insulted, I think they would feel exceptionally so by those claiming to be passionate about their welfare one day a year

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

the roar of a crowd when G1 horses settle in for a fight - first time I've heard it in 3 years, how good was it to be back for the spring?! And what can you say about Sandown - beggars believe that anyone in their right mind would want to be rid of it!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

3 years

today proving that selling Sandown would be a travesty

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

3 years

this photo still amuses me

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

how many racing people can David Campbell block today! Does not like to be argued with, #primadonna

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

3 years

omg we just bred a Sat metro winner!!!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

96 years ago today, the beginning of the legend!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

3 years

any bets on how many centuries horse racing outlives the @Greens ?

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

the THREE antis leaving the races cos it's raining

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

Titleholder and Alpinista - two Arc contestants who descend from the mighty Mumtaz Mahal

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

5 years

despite my vow not 2 engage with them, did end up having a "chat" with only anti I saw y'day; asked how much he spent on equine welfare, if he could prove his assertion that horses bleed when whipped, if he could point to a fetlock in a pic of a horse. No surprises re response

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

3 years

One of Danehill's early successes, sire of one of the greatest horses in Australian racing history and the first Gr.1 winner for one of the world's great trainers.... Desert King passed away peacefully in his sleep at Lauriston Park this week, aged 27. Buried next to Let's Elope.

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

10 months

RIP Magnus, made his mark

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

3 years

OMG!! at 300-1 I just backed my all time biggest priced winner, bless you The Anomaly!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

there is nothing like a Cox Plate won by the best horse in the race

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

5 years

happy retirement to one of Australia's most consistent and underrated stallions, the wonderful race horse and sire Testa Rossa

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

both the W.S Cox Plate and the Manikato Stakes were won by last year's runners-up

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

3 years

did not realise that the wonderful Mahogany was still around until this morning, put to sleep at the grand age of 31, what a star he was

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

6 years

IT'S OUT!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

am sure I am one of many who are delighted for Jin Takahashi strapping today's Caulfield Cup winner! He did an amazing job looking after our boy Douro Valley who ran 2nd in the same race - congrats Jin!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

4 years

gotta give @WarrenHuntly a shout re the way he talks about the lesser chances in a race, an example just then - instead of bagging a 100-1 shot he wished connections good luck on having a hometrack runner on Bendigo Cup day - nice!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

3 years

easily one of the biggest thrills of my entire life

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

a milestone for us... our 1st metro 2YO winner!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

3 years

RIP Reset, made a great contribution

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

5 months

not sure how many played basketball at Caulfield yesterday but imho THIS is how fans are made...

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

3 years

runner up!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

4 years

track a heavy 100

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

5 months

I've watched thousands of mares over the years, I've watched many many major races. Have never seen a mare in that sort of mood win a big race like that, she's a star

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

3 years

for everyone involved in any horse industry - be very very wary of the @Greens ... they will come after you next.

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

4 years

had a runner in a maiden last spring, caller said "weak maiden with a lot of deadwood in it" and was generally disparaging; form since - 1st has won again, 2nd , 4th, 5th and 6th horses have won and the 3rd horse is a G2 winner

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

3 years

@7horseracing Bruce Postle's legendary photo

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

a big thanks to @MelbRacingClub for Sandown Sunday being a RACE day - no loud music, no bands - neither needed. Just a good crowd enjoying horse racing! Was such an appreciated refreshing change from the nightclub that @FlemingtonVRC now is!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

4 years

Classique Legend pulling up lame is why those who talk through their pocket should wait a few days before bagging a horse

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

3 years

sad to read that Mossman has left us - easily one of the most underrated stallions of rent times

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

I love this pic... well done dad!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

1 year

Gai at MV on Slipper Day

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

nothing more I love doing with my camera than taking head shots of gorgeous horses!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

3 years

love a first - our first home-bred 2Y0 winner :)

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

1 year

Samaready would like to say a special hello to those who think high class race mares don't do the job at stud

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

"Who can reply? People @MehreenFaruqi mentioned can reply" CENSORING REPLIES!! Can't cop pollies doing that, they are our employees.

Mehreen Faruqi

@MehreenFaruqi

2 years

The Melbourne Cup is on again next week. Seven horses have been killed at the last nine Melbourne Cup races. But it doesn’t have to be this way. The industry has effectively lost its social licence and more and more people are boycotting the Melbourne Cup every year.

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 months

love it when locals win their own big races!

Morphettville Racecourse

@SAJockeyClub

2 months

Raw. Emotional. Group 1 winning jockey. The @LNeindorf story added another epic chapter today. Congratulations on winning the @sportsbetcomau Robert Sangster Stakes, Lachie 🏆

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

7 months

modern day racing administrators, ahem real estate agents, have the potential to do far more damage to our great sport than the antis have ever done.

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

I know many will disagree, but I think on Derby day racing. com should be ditching Adelaide (sorry South Aussies!) - spending time on BM68s, etc on such a major day (and SA can be watched elsewhere)

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

4 years

@Racing pretty hard to go past So You Think

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

let's take a second to pay tribute to the wonderful Exceed And Excel... one of Aust's longest serving stallions... grandsire of the Melbourne Cup winner

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

1 year

an era where respected and talented horse people need to issue press releases to justify decisions about their own horses

Chris Waller Racing

@cwallerracing

1 year

** Nature Strip **

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

11 months

I love the cycle of thoroughbred breeding - our friend Wicklow Lodge sent us this photo ten years ago of his new born Written Tycoon colt who went on to race as Winning Rupert, and now we have our own little Rupert!

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

5 years

Azkadellia; she wins $1.5 million and ends up at the Echuca sales - absolutely shameful

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

4 years

but sitting on the Flemington lawn would be risky...

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

"Oakbank has held its first Easter Carnival in history without jumps racing and crowd numbers were at a near-record low. 7000 punters turned out - a fraction of the near 40,000 that used to attend the Saturday meet."

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

Icebath had been 12 times stakes placed (five X G1) before this deserved big win

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

I just like this pic

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

4 years

the next time ABC tell you what to think about horse racing, just remember this...

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

an anti tries to damage track... yeah they are real horse lovers

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

5 years

I already rehome and retrain my horses, now I am contributing another 1% of prize money, it is being less and less attractive to be an owner unfortunately. Yet to see where the first 1% has been going

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

3 years

how good a day did this fellow have?! @CoolmoreAus

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Kristen Manning

@RacingPedigrees

2 years

today was more than business (racing always is) but in terms of my pedigree analysis business I am so very proud of having the VOBIS Guineas winner CHARTRES, the SHOWDOWN third placed Volander and the very easy Randwick winner Taksu. massive congrats to everyone involved!

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